Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1973

November 1974

Report Number: P20-272

The long-term trend in the history of American education has been one of rising enrollment at all ages, encouraged at the elementary and secondary school ages by compulsory attendance laws and at the college ages by a rising rate of high school graduation. The increased availability of two-year colleges has also contributed substantially to the rise in college enrollment.

In 1973 , almost all persons between the ages of 6 and 16 were enrolled in school. Because of compulsory school attendance laws the proportion enrolled at these ages is not likely to change much, if any, in the future, although the total number of children attending elementary school has declined in recent years as a result of declining births. Among persons outside these conventional ages of school attendance, however, some changes in the enrollment rate are occurring. For example, at ages 3 to 5 years, the enrollment rate has risen from 38 percent in 1969 to 44 percent in 1973. At the same time, among young men of the age to enter college (18 and 19 years old) the enrollment rate has declined since 1969. These findings are based on results from the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census in October 1973 and earlier years and relate to the civilian noninstitutional population 14 to 34 years old.

Report: Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1973 [<1.0 MB]

Detailed Tables

Table 1 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status of the population 3 to 34 years old, by age, race, Spanish origin, sex, and selected educational characteristics
Table 2 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status of the population 3 to 34 years old, by level of education, age, race, Spanish origin, and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence
Table 3 [<1.0 MB]

Fall school enrollment of the population 3 to 34 years old, by level and control of school, race, Spanish origin, sex, & metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence
Table 4 [<1.0 MB]

Fall school enrollment of the population 3 to 6 years old in nursery school and kindergarten, by whether attending full day, level and control of school, ...
Table 5 [<1.0 MB]

Fall college enrollment of the population 16 to 34 years old, by whether attending full time, year & control of college, age, race, Spanish origin, sex, ...

Table 6 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status in I 973 of the population 14 to 24 years old, by enrollment status in 1972, level of school, years of school completed, age, race, ...
Table 7 [<1.0 MB]

Year of high school graduation for persons 14 to 34 years old, by year enrolled in college, years of school completed, race, and sex
Table 8 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment in special schools of the population 3 to 34 years old, by age, race, Spanish origin, and sex
Table 9 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status of the population 3 to 34 years old, by region of residence, age, and race
Table 10 [<1.0 MB]

Marital status of the population 14 to 34 years old, by enrollment status, age, and sex

Table 11 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status and level of education of members of primary families 3 to 34 years old, by race, Spanish origin, years of school completed, and ...
Table 12 [<1.0 MB]

Primary families by enrollment status of family members 18 to 24 years old, by race, Spanish origin, and family income
Table 13 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status and level of education of primary family members 18 to 24 years old, by family income, marital status, race, Spanish origin, and sex
Table 14 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status of primary family members 3 to 17 years old, by age, race, Spanish origin, sex, family income, and selected educational characteristics
Table 15 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status of the population 3 to 34 years old, by single year of age and grade, race, sex, and selected educational characteristics

Table 16 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment status of the population 3 to 21 years old, by age, race, sex, and modal grade of enrollment
Table 17 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years old, by type of college, age, sex, and residence
Table 18 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years old, by type of college, control of college, sex, and residence
Table 19 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years old, by type of college, full-time attendance, sex, year of college, control of college, age, and ...
Table 20 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of persons 14 to 24 years old, by type of college, enrollment status in October I 972, sex, age, and years of school completed

Table 21 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years old, by type of college and region
Table 22 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years old, by type of college, marital status, full-time attendance, sex, and age
Table 23 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of primary family members 14 to 34 years old, by type of college, years of school completed by family head, control of ...
Table 24 [<1.0 MB]

Undergraduate college enrollment of primary family members 18 to 24 years old, by type of college, family income, marital status, and control of college

Appendix

Table A-1 [<1.0 MB]

Age distribution of college students 14 to 34 years old, by sex: October 1947 to 1973

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